LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level:
8
Time: Wk 9 Thursday
period day 10:50 11:35

P3 &

Date: Thursday 15 Sept/16

Previous learning TOPIC:
Criminal and Civil Law
New topic: Customary Law
Learning Area:
Economics and Business

Students Prior Knowledge:

This term clarification of key terms; market circular flow;
households, business, financial sector, Government sector,
Overseas sector). Different types of markets including retail
labour, financial (with interest) stock (with dividend, capital
growth).
Demand, Supply, Law of Demand, Law of Supply. Graph
showing Supply and Demand, with surplus, deficit and
equilibrium.
Three economic questions:
1.What goods and services should be produced, and in what
quantities? The what?
2.What methods should be used to provide those goods and
services? The How?
3.To whom should these goods and services be distributed?
The who?
Government influence in the marketplace
Legal Protection of Consumer Rights
Technology in workplace
Influences on workplace

Strand/Topic from the Australian Curriculum

Changes in workplace
Keeping Consumers Safe

ACHEK029, 031.

Business Competition Protects Consumers (ch 3.2) espec

anti-competitive practices. ACCC.
Influences on work today (ch 5.1 pg 127-134)
The significance of technology (Ch 5.2)
Changes to the workforce including The value of work, the
Mechanics of work (ch 5.3)
The future of work. Ch 5.4.
---------Yr 8 - Parliament how does Parliament make laws?
How do Courts make laws?
Criminal and Civil Law

General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)

Critical and
Literacy
Numeracy
ICT
competence

creative thinking

Ethical
behaviour

Personal and
Social
competence

Intercultural
understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
histories and cultures

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Sustainability


Proficiencies:(Mathematics only)
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form beginning with an action verb)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:

1. Customary Law
- write definitions of new key terms.
- read textbook and answer questions.
- interpret their understanding and translate it into an understanding of both a movie,
and one of three articles.
Teachers Prior Preparation/Organisation:
Textbook Economics and Business Alive 8, Chapter 3.4 pg
99 108 Activites p 107, 108

Provision for students at educational risk:

Provision for success for each student. Group activity
allows for stronger student to build upon weaker
student.
Allow for thinking time with questions today.
Group instructions to allow uninterrupted questions.
Lesson allows for multiple intelligences, and range in
Blooms Taxonomy.
Final activity a different way to process information.
Lillia- extension activity with milk industry.
Candy: Keep focused. Weak read and spell skills.
Explain new terms explicitly. Font size relevant.
Sarah L- dyslexia. No read aloud unless volunteer.
Spelling errors.
Processing thinking time with tasks and pair activities
to exchange ideas and express differently.
Ella P dyslexia as above.
Molly: dysgraphia numbers. ADHD inattentive at
times. Keep focused. Type assess options.
Check in discreetly on all students.
Sarah T as a new student this year, checking on work
output and focus and organization. Task completion.
Sarah V and Lillia: anaphylactic
Mia asthma
Indah anxiety.
Health issues:

LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)

Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:

Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:

[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:


LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)
Tim
e
10:50

11:35

Motivation and Introduction:

Greeting:
Summary Todays Lesson:

1. Assessment task on SEQTA

Resources/References
Align these with the
segment where they
will be introduced.
TASKS:
ROLL

2. Reminder test notification Week 10, Thursday P3.

10:52

10:53

10:53

11:00

Ch 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 as per outline.

3.Previous lesson: Difference

between civil and criminal

law.
4. New learning: Customary Law
Summary Tuesdays Lesson:
Civil and Criminal Law
Definitions and terms.
1: Types of Law in Australia
2: Criminal law
3: Two types of offences Indictable and Summary Offences
4: Civil Law

Write questions on board.

What are some unique
elements of criminal law?
What is an indictable offence?
What is a summary offence?
What is unique about Civil law?

Instruction:
1. On whiteboard write these questions invite students to think for a moment
and then come and write an answer about these questions. Using dot points
only.
What Types of Law in Australia?
What are some unique elements of criminal law?
What is an indictable offence?
What is a summary offence?
What is unique about Civil law?

2. Will review homework from earlier in the week for Sarah t,

Ava, Aria, Candy, Molly.


11:00

New Learning Customary Law

11:27

Teach:.

Sheet with new terms.

1. Powerpoint to start. Highlight key words on sheet of new

terms.
2. Show map of Indigenous Australia language maps.
Watch Possum Law. Aboriginal Possum Law, Western
Australia
https://youtu.be/riUXPFHNvRk (1:28)

Aboriginal Possum Law,

Western Australia
https://youtu.be/riUXPFHNvR
k (1:28)

3. Customary laws and Australian law

Describe powerpoint. Make notes.
4. Read textbook chapter 3.4 pg 99 107 and answer
questions Qs 1, 2, 3, 4.(they are on page 103- 104)

Customary Law and

Australian Law make notes.

Article 1:
Judicial Officers Bulletin Vol 20 No 5 and article by Professor Michael Dodson
AM. Customary law and the sentencing of Indigenous Offenders.
https://openresearchrepository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/10121/1/Dodson_CustomaryLaw2008.p
df
Article 2: Circle sentencing
https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/law/circle-sentencing

5. Read at least one article below and answer the

questions:

Read the article relating to the Case study Court

imposes customary punishment.(article on Page 101)
Then answer Question 5 on page 105.

Read article 1 relating to Customary Law and answer

Question 8 on page 104.

Read article 2 relating to Circe Sentencing and

answer Question 7a & b.

Questions to consider when reading the articles:

1. What is the article about?
2. What is the type of law being reflected in the article?
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3. What does the article say about Customary Law and
sentencing of Indigenous Offenders?
5. From what you have read, provide your opinion of the
benefits and difficulties with integrating Customary
Law into Australian Law.
6. For those students who read both
articles, compare the articles.
Identify and describe the main
elements.
11:27

11:30

Homework: Test revision.

Through: Read and answer the questions relating to one
Article from todays lesson.

11:32

Conclude

11:35

Pack up
Dismiss


Year 8 Social Science Worksheet: Difference between Civil and Criminal Law
Name:
Reading Chapter 3.3 pages 90-93.
___________________________________________________________________________
Write definitions or describe the following new terms:
AS PER POWERPOINT SLIDE.
CRIMINAL LAW:
State:
Burden of Proof:
Indictable Offences
Summary Offences
CIVIL LAW
Compensation
Liable
Plantiff
Standard of Proof
Criminal law, which protects us and punishes offenders
Example:
Civil law, which protects our rights and property.
Example:


Year 8 Social Science Worksheet: Difference between Civil and Criminal Law
Name:
Reading Chapter 3.3 pages 90-93.
Write definitions or describe the following new terms:

Activity: In pairs of pages 1, 2, 3, 4 (8 people)

(3 groups of 1,2,3,4, and 2 groups of 3)
Colour key points and write on board. Dot points. For class to note.
1: Types of Law in Australia
2: Criminal law
3: Two types of offences Indictable and Summary Offences
4: Civil Law
Make three key points. per page. You will write one point per group on the board. Needs to beb
different to the same group.
Time allocated 7 minutes.
Write on board: 5 minutes.
Share/ write notes: 10